FNUS76 KOTX 191534
FWSOTX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PURTTEMANN...CWICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
834 AM PDT TUE MAR 19 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS TODAY IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT AND
LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND FALL AS SNOW
TONIGHT...CHANGING TO RAIN BY WEDNESDAY. AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...EXPECT THE RAIN TO TAPER OFF AND BREEZY WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE THIS MORNING...RISING TO 1500 FT IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST-SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW DEVELOPING BY MID EVENING...AND CONTINUING
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT IN THE EARLY EVENING...THEN NEAR SURFACE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A RAIN SNOW MIX LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING...
                    THEN LIGHT RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE IN THE MORNING...THEN RISING TO 4000 FT
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...RF
REQUESTED BY...JEFF BOUSCHOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130319.PURTT.01/OTX